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Convenience stores in Curry County, OR

The convenience stores in Curry County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,789 of 2,261 scored counties
#23 of 28 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
10
6 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$63M
On groceries · $5,647 a household
Spending per listing
$6.3M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.0
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,621
−3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For convenience stores, Curry County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,789 of 2,261 scored counties and #23 of 28 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Curry County spend about $63M a year on groceries, or $5,647 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Curry County has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Curry County in 2023. That is one for every 1,014 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Curry County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Curry County compares

The same measures for Oregon and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Convenience stores in Curry County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureCurry CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.08.08.0
Spending per listing$6.3M$7.7M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,0141,7623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.8%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,647$6,152$6,319
Median household income$62,244$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score3034

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 11
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$683K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
106 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Curry County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Curry County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,621−3.8% since 2020
Households
11,159
Median age
56.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$62,244+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,583
Median home value
$381,300
Jobs located here
6,519
Daytime population
22,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Oregon

Every Oregon market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Curry County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbia County, OR7994.3$14.2M+2.6%#182 of 2,261
2Deschutes County, OR77495.8$11.1M+6.8%#245 of 2,261
3Washington County, OR711275.4$12.4M+1.8%#392 of 2,261
4Clackamas County, OR68885.4$12.3M+0.9%#476 of 2,261
5Benton County, OR65266.7$8.9M+4.4%#574 of 2,261
6Polk County, OR61257.6$8.1M+2.3%#712 of 2,261
7Jefferson County, OR5677.9$7.4M+4.7%#892 of 2,261
8Yamhill County, OR55348.7$7.2M+2.2%#929 of 2,261
9Crook County, OR541211.1$5.5M+10.6%#991 of 2,261
10Marion County, OR521028.0$7.5M+2.7%#1,049 of 2,261
23Curry County, OR30109.0$6.3M−3.8%#1,789 of 2,261

Other business types in Curry County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Curry County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 convenience stores in Curry County. 6 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Curry County, OR spend on groceries?

About $63M a year, or $5,647 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,159 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Curry County, OR compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Curry County has 9.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.3M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Curry County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,014 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Curry County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Curry County at 22,621 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,159 households. The median household income in Curry County is $62,244 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Curry County scores 30 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,789 of 2,261 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Curry County

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